It is your choice whether to embrace endings or beginnings
By Lindelani Mnisi
Global economies and the unprecedented democratisation of information have changed the world. Given that the main purpose of school was to teach children the necessities to live and to work, is there no easier, or more effective, way to achieve that same goal two centuries later?
By Paballo Chauke
The fight for equality is valid but the burning down of our universities is not the revolution or decolonisation any of us should want
By John Sanei on 11 May 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic cannot be seen in isolation but as a continuum that will vastly alter the curvature of history. As we enter a new era at pace, we know that singularity is near, as is a choice of a tyrannical and regimented future or a more self-actualising Shangri-la. As we head towards both digital dictatorships and blockchain democracies we must guard against getting caught up in being deterministic with technology.
Kurt s personal research interest at the Business School lies in the broad area of human dynamics, with a specific focus on personal- and organisational leadership, organisational psychology, personal psychology, diversity, inclusive workplaces and cross-cultural dynamics. He is also a Faculty Member of Duke Corporate Education, and Adjunct Faculty of the University of Oxford. Outside of academia, he is the Managing Partner of LICM Consulting and Director of Achievement Awards Group, and has worked in 24 countries.
He is widely published locally and internationally (197 book chapters, peer-reviewed academic papers, conference papers, op-eds, reports and dissertations), and has also co-authored ten books, entitled: (1) Knowledge Management Handbook, (2) Rethinking Leadership, (3) e or b e@ten: e-Business Redefining the Corporate Landscape, (4) Performance Through Learning, (5) Knowledge Management Praxis, (6) Diversity: New Realities in a Changing World, (7) Diversity in Africa: Th
Global edtech upGrad in major funding announcement
Funding to provide boost to UK s international student population
LONDON, April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ South Asia s largest online higher education company, upGrad, today announced that it has raised USD 120 million from Temasek, a global investment company headquartered in Singapore.
upGrad plans to use a portion of the fresh capital to support UK institutions whose international student population has suffered as a result of the pandemic. The edtech platform plans to help more universities accessible to the world by taking services online.
The cost-effective proposition offers university partners with a new revenue stream at no extra cost, with only limited faculty time required in the first year.
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upGrad on Monday said it has raised USD 120 million (about Rs 897.3 crore) from Singapore-based Temasek, making this the first external fund-raise by the edtech major. Since its inception in 2015, upGrad has been 100 per cent owned, funded, and run by its co-founders as a capital-efficient business. upGrad plans to use the fresh capital to further strengthen its team, scale its global market operations and bolster its technology and product capabilities, a statement said. The company will also pursue merger and acquisition (M&A) opportunities, expand graduate and post-graduate degree portfolio in India, and scale up operations to achieve its USD 2 billion revenue goal by 2026, it added.